The following correspondence is just off the crackpot telegraph from young Richard Barrett, a man of irrepressible spirit.

I have cast Richard as the protagonist in the ongoing steampunk novel A Gaslight Knight.

Richard is also, in Last White Man designated as the posthumous publisher of Robert E. Howard's last work in an alternative history in which the father of Swords & Sorcery lived until 1968.

Richard, I hope to see you and train with you this coming spring. The Wolverine leaves often from Chicago as I wait for my cross country connect. This will be easy. I won't be able to carry gear as i still need crutches to use the train with a light pack. So, bring the boxing gloves. If you want to practice stick fighting we need 2 rattan sticks, 2 fencing masks and 2 pair of lacrosse or hockey gloves, used from a play it again sports, are best.

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Hey Brother!

The closest train station to me is the Ann Arbor Train Station in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that runs on Amtrak's Wolverine, according to Wikipedia:

This station is about 30 minutes from my home...I wrote by Eagle and Snake article just a few miles from this station, and it is also overlooked by the hospital where my Mom spent her final hours!

Also, below attached is an article I have written entitled "Heroes and Friends: A Writer's Round-Up From Across the Web"...it features the links to some of the fellow unique authors I was telling you about!

Please share with your readership...I think they will like these guys!

And finally, check out my latest article: "Gunsmoke at the Strip Club: Why I Love the Bad Girls of Aphrodite".

It's a "Trojan Whorse" piece if there ever was one...and if you look carefully, you'll detect the influence of a certain fella who was enamored with the Blue-Eyed Daughter of Zeus!

Enjoy brother! I hope to see you soon, if not sooner, than later!

Sincerely,

Richard Barrett